Love him or hate him…he made a mark
Lies, Climate Change and experts
“Every one of our sources of power supply underperformed,” Daniel Cohan, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University in Houston, tweeted. “Every one of them is vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events in different ways. None of them were adequately weatherized or prepared for a full realm of weather and conditions.”
This guy is misrepresenting the facts of the power supply issue
gas and coal generation dropped when ERCOT failed to start brownout rolling management too late and the system frequency tripped units offline that made the outages extreme instead of manageable.
Madness
See, the problem with me and the other vets who are disgusted by the brass’s choice to focus on SJW priorities instead of, you know, successfully deterring or defeating America’s enemies, is that we actually listened to what we were taught when we were coming up. Most of us were trained by the heroes who put the shattered American military together after the Democrat war in Vietnam broke it. We learned about leadership, about putting mission first but taking care of people always, and about objectives and how to attain them.
None of that’s a thing anymore.
So, count us out from complicity with the degeneration of our proud institution into a giant gender studies struggle session. And that’s a big deal. Do you know where the military gets a huge chunk on its recruits? Legacies. These are young troops who want to be like their father or grandfather or big brother or neighbor or other role model. I was the third-generation commissioned officer in my family, on both sides. Guess what? Right now, if one of my kids goes in, it’s against my advice. And again, I am not alone. I hear this over and over and over from other vets. And it makes me furious. https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/02/18/our-militarys-sjwdriven-abandonment-of-warfighting-is-going-to-get-troops-killed-n2584883
Texas Power Crisis Feb 2021
for Eli Texas Electricity Crisis, continued
John Hargrove climate channel on youtube
https://energytalkingpoints.com/texas-electricity-crisis/
- After years of inaction on, and even hostility toward, attempts to strengthen and secure Texas’ power grid, lawmakers might finally take action. Brandon Waltens has the details.
- State Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewoood) and State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington) have tried for several sessions to get attention to the shortcomings of Texas’ electric infrastructure. They were ignored while lawmakers instead pumped $19 billion into “green” energy subsidies.
- “Every time I author this bill, they push back on wanting to secure or protect the power grid and make it stronger,” Tinderholt told Texas Scorecard. “The power companies need to step up to the plate and participate in the bill.”
- FYI: The state’s power grid is managed by the Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), a semi-private non-profit entity overseen by the Legislature and the Public Utility Commission. The PUC’s members are appointed by the governor and approved by the Texas Senate.
- Will the governor and lawmakers push the blame solely onto ERCOT, or accept their measure of responsibility?
- As if in response… Gov. Greg Abbott – who earlier this month received accolades for his promotion of green energy subsidies – yesterday named investigating and reforming ERCOT a legislative priority.
- I wonder if the trophy those “sustainable” energy people gave the governor is still being displayed in his office? Seems like for the $19 billion Texas taxpayers have been forced to spend on “green” energy subsidies we’d have more to show for it than a cheap trinket given to a politician…
- “If Texas were a public company, the CEO would be fired today.” – Former State Rep. Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving)
- In the latest edition of his podcast, Luke Macias explains how wealthy government-subsidized oligarchies have been exposed by the massive power outages.
- “Power companies, their lobbyists and their PAC’s have worked tirelessly to keep politicians on their side. Now that millions of Texans are without power and lives are literally being lost, the winds have shifted.” – Luke Macias
- Texans took to social media to voice their frustrations with what we now know is the state’s highly unreliable electric grid. Robert Montoya finds many are demanding answers and action from their elected officials.
- Count Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller among those unimpressed with Texas’ lack of electric preparedness. He is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to make big changes and immediately hold people accountable. Iris Poole has the story.
- “We should never build another wind turbine in Texas. The experiment failed big time. Governor Abbott’s Public Utility Commission appointees need to be fired and more gas, coal, and oil infrastructure built.” – Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller
| Texas Electricity Crisis, continuedThe Big Picture in Six PicturesTwo New Power Hours Texas Electricity Crisis, continued Let me start off by saying that I am thinking about all of you in Texas and I hope you are coping with the (very preventable) problems your grid is experiencing right now. As I wrote yesterday, I think we are in the middle of the most teachable energy moment of 2021. Accordingly, I’ve been attempting to create every necessary message (and image) to properly explain what’s going on. So far, I’m seeing a lot of success:My Twitter thread (also available at EnergyTalkingPoints.com) on the Texas Electricity crisis has over 2 million impressions! (Impressions are the number of times it has been seen.) I also have 3000 new followers in the last week.I was interviewed by The New York Times, who linked to my long Twitter post.”…proponents of fossil fuels are using the current crisis to emphasize why they think fossil fuels need to be part of the overall mix of options to power the grid. ‘The anti-carbon movement has really placed no value on reliability,’ said Alex Epstein, author of ‘The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels,’ who expressed his views in a long Twitter thread.”I was interviewed by Glenn Beck.I was interviewed by Fox News last night.I was interviewed by Michael Berry (a prominent Houston host) this morning.I was featured in articles by Fox News and OilPrice.com. (Note my “Back to the Future” reference in the Fox News piece.)I was just interviewed by Congressman Dan Crenshaw for an hour on his podcast. (It hasn’t been posted as of this writing but I expect it to be up by tomorrow.)If I may pat myself on the back, I’ve been doing all of this while spending many hours a day editing my book manuscript, which is due in two weeks :-). I certainly could not do this without Steffen Henne, who has been giving me great rapid-fire data and analysis. Thanks to all the Accelerators who support my amazing R&D resources, including Steffen. The Big Picture in Six Pictures Take a look at electricity use in New England, New York, the Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, the Southwest, and Texas during this cold spell. |
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| All tell the same story: unreliable wind and solar electricity (green and yellow) completely fail to keep us warm or powered when needed the most. Instead, the media are telling the story that “fossil fuels failed” because certain gas and coal plants went offline in one of these regions–Texas–due to preventable problems. (We know that these problems were preventable because places that are much colder and snowier than Texas use gas and coal with great success.) Two New Power Hours Of course of all weeks this turned out to be the week that I scheduled two new Power Hours. I know there’s a ton going on this week, but I’d highly recommend flagging both of them for listening at some point. The Failure of Unreliable Energy in Texas and Around the World with Steve Milloy Just as the devastation in Texas was reaching a peak, Steve Milloy of JunkScience.com, another whistleblower on “unreliables,” joined me to talk about what’s happening in Texas and around the world. I also asked him about his efforts to oppose certain ESG policies, and his views on the “fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 deaths” claim. FYI I addressed that claim in a Twitter thread. Here’s the summary: The widely-publicized claim that fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 deaths is the worst kind of pseudoscience. It ignores fossil fuels’ life-extending benefits and wildly overstates their negative side-effects. In reality, fossil fuels lengthen 5 out of 5 lives. You can watch on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts. The Future of Oil with Michael Lynch This week I also interviewed Michael Lynch, the oil guru who has been more right about oil economics over the past several decades than anyone I know. Mike was the second person I ever interviewed on Power Hour, and when he talked about long-term oil prices being in the $50/barrel range in 2011 I couldn’t believe it (even though I couldn’t argue with his logic). Now he has a new essay on claims that the post-pandemic world will mean “the end of oil.” I highly recommend this essay and Mike’s energy economics work in general. In this interview we covered: false past predictions of a green future, the real economics of EV batteries, what post-pandemic culture will look like, how much oil exists in the world, and much more. You can watch on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts. That’s it for this week, except below I’m going to share some of my most popular Tweets this week. It’s really amazing how a well-explained idea on Twitter can take off–especially when it is supplemented with good visuals. To Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Energy, Alex https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/1361128716391227394 |
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| Popular links:1. Change a mind by sharing my Google talk. Do you have someone you know who needs to learn pro-human thinking about energy issues? A great place to start is by sharing my talk at Google, which is designed to persuade even those immersed in the biased, sloppy, and anti-human energy thinking in our culture. You can find the video here.2. Empower a friend by inviting them to this newsletter. If you know someone who wants to increase their clarity and influence on energy issues, invite them to this newsletter by sharing this link: AlexEpsteinList.com.3. Empower an audience with one of our speakers. If you have an upcoming board meeting, employee town hall, or association meeting, you can book a virtual or in-person speech by me or one of our other great speakers. Just email me here. |
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No courage
Weather
Feb 13 2021
outlook
Mon 15 | Day
31°98%NNW 12 mph
Snow during the morning will taper off and give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. Some mixed winter precipitation possible. High 31F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 100%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.
- Humidity74%
- UV Index3 of 10
- Sunrise6:55 am
- Sunset6:04 pm
Mon 15 | Night
14°5%NNW 7 mph
A few clouds. Record low temperatures expected. Low 14F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Repentance
“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinnersto repentance.” Luke 5:32
That is, such as see themselves as sinners, and thereby in a lost condition.
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10
God will have the soul truly sensible of the bitterness of sin–before it shall taste the sweetness of mercy. The plough of conviction must go deep, and make deep furrows in the heart, before God will sow the precious seed of grace there–so that it may have depth of earth to grow in.
George Truman Richbourg – Happy Birthday in heaven
| Birthdate: | February 05, 1911 |
| Death: | April 18, 1983 (72) |
| Immediate Family: | Son of Charles Benjamine Richbourg and Grace Loretta Belle Richbourg Husband of Mozelle Richbourg |
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Memories of Paw Paw
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PFcsmD2obDXYRZsZA
Drawing house plans and doing odd jobs for Paw Paw was the best. We miss you!
The Thirty Tyrants
For nearly a year, American officials have purposefully laid waste to our economy and society for the sole purpose of arrogating more power to themselves while the Chinese economy has gained on America’s. China’s lockdowns had nothing to do with the difference in outcomes. Lockdowns are not public health measures to reduce the spread of a virus. They are political instruments, which is why Democratic Party officials who put their constituents under repeated lengthy lockdowns, like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, are signaling publicly that it is imperative they be allowed to reopen immediately now that Trump is safely gone.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants
Danger Close
The Democratic Party contends that its political opponents have stepped outside republican legitimacy. The Democrats endow their baseless accusations with seriousness by treating Republicans as if they were terrorists. The media dismiss the Republicans’ defensive denials in part because, were the Republicans truly outraged by the Democrats’ insulting accusations, they would give the Democrats no more respect, concede to them no more legitimacy, than the Democrats concede to us. After all, what serious person continues to deal with people who call him a terrorist and accuse him of attempted murder, unless he has a guilty conscience? https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/02/start-by-boycotting-the-house/
John Hargrove Seeking Truth and Reality 